New Hampshire Revised Statutes 570-A:7 – Authorization for Interception of Telecommunications or Oral Communications
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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 570-A:7
- Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Organized crime: means the unlawful activities of the members of a highly organized, disciplined association engaged in supplying illegal goods and services, including but not limited to homicide, gambling, prostitution, narcotics, marijuana or other dangerous drugs, bribery, extortion, blackmail and other unlawful activities of members of such organizations. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 570-A:1
The attorney general, deputy attorney general, or a county attorney, upon the written approval of the attorney general or deputy attorney general, may apply to a judge of competent jurisdiction for an order authorizing or approving the interception of telecommunications or oral communications, and such judge may grant, in conformity with N.H. Rev. Stat. § 570-A:9, an order authorizing or approving the interception of telecommunications or oral communications by investigative or law enforcement officers having responsibility for the investigation of the offenses as to which the application is made, when such interception may provide, or has provided, evidence of the commission of organized crime, as defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 570-A:1, XI, or evidence of the commission of the offenses of homicide, kidnapping, gambling, theft as defined in RSA 637, corrupt practices as defined in RSA 640, child sexual abuse images under RSA 649-A, computer pornography and child exploitation under RSA 649-B, criminal conduct in violation of the securities law, as defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 421-B:5-501, N.H. Rev. Stat. § 421-B:5-502, N.H. Rev. Stat. § 421-B:5-502-A, N.H. Rev. Stat. § 421-B:5-505, N.H. Rev. Stat. § 421-B:5-506, and N.H. Rev. Stat. § 421-B:5-508, criminal conduct in violation of the security takeover disclosure laws, as defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 421-A:3, 421-A:7, 421-A:8, 421-A:11, and 421-A:13, robbery as defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 636:1, arson as defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 634:1, hindering apprehension or prosecution as defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 642:3, tampering with witnesses and informants as defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 641:5, aggravated felonious sexual assault as defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 632-A:2, felonious sexual assault as defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 632-A:3, escape as defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 642:6, bail jumping as defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 642:8, insurance fraud as defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 638:20, dealing in narcotic drugs, marijuana, or other dangerous drugs, hazardous waste violations under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 147-A:4, I, or any conspiracy to commit any of the foregoing offenses.